Adult Services

Inpatient Programs

Adult Intensive Care Psychiatry
Service
The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA offers this
Psychiatric Service for patients who need medical assistance in
stabilization of an acute emotional or psychiatric crisis, with
or without complications by substance or alcohol abuse or
dependence. Treatment consists of the expertise of psychiatric
physicians, medical specialists, psychologists, clinical social
workers, nursing staff, occupational therapists and marriage and
family therapists.

Adult Eating Disorders Program
The mission of the Eating Disorders Program is to provide
outstanding treatment services tailored to the individual's
needs, for children, adolescents, and adults with eating
disorders. The program strives to simultaneously restore physical
well-being by facilitating adaptive eating behaviors and enhance
emotional well-being by targeting dysfunctional beliefs and
self-perceptions and addressing psychosocial issues. Our
multidisciplinary team provides specialized treatment across a
continuum of care, ranging from comprehensive, full-time,
hospital-based treatment (first inpatient care, then partial
hospitalization), to outpatient groups and outpatient
pharmacologic management.
Website: www.eatingdisorders.ucla.edu

ICU, Acute & Substance Abuse Adult Psychiatry
Inpatient Unit
A 25-bed inpatient unit located in the Resnick Neuropsychiatric
Hospital (R-NPH). This unit provides psychiatric services to
adult patients who are hospitalized for the diagnosis and
treatment of major psychiatric illnesses. The unit accepts
patients admitted under the care of psychiatrists on either a
voluntary or involuntary basis. The inpatient unit is divided
into three distinct sections. One section is for patients who
require intensive nursing care and treatment due to severely
disorganized, unsafe, or agitated states. Another section is for
the acutely ill adult who needs routine nursing care for the
treatment of their psychiatric illness. The third section is for
the adult who has substance abuse issues co-occuring with other
major psychiatric illness, and specializes in so-called "dual
diagnosis. The treatment team consists of psychiatry, psychology,
medical specialists, clinical social work, occupational therapy
and nursing.

Partial Hospitalization Programs

Adult Acute Partial Hospitalization Program
The Adult Acute Partial Hospital Program uses psychoeducational,
psychodynamic and activity group therapy approaches to actively
engage patients in the process of learning more about their
disorders, developing effective coping and interpersonal skills,
and reintegrating themselves back into the community.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Intensive
Treatment Program
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Intensive Treatment Program at the
Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA is for people who have
severe OCD symptoms and a strong commitment to treating their
disorder. OCD is a disabling disorder of distressing obsessions
and time-consuming compulsions, often resulting in a less than
full life. This can be changed however with behavior therapy in
the form of Exposure and Response Management. This treatment is
based on the fact that prolonged, direct contact with a fearful
stimulus is necessary if anxiety is to diminish.